Welwyn Garden City - Planning Application

WELWYN HATFIELD BOROUGH COUNCIL
Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Notice Under Article 15(1a)(2)(3) Of Application For Planning Permission Accompanied By An Environmental Statement Which Does Not Accord With The Provisions Of The Development Plan

Notice is hereby given that Amendments Have Been Received In Respect Of an application made to WELWYN HATFIELD BOROUGH COUNCIL by Tarmac Trading Ltd and Birchall Gardens LLP for planning permission for:

Application: 6/2022/1395/OUTLINE -
Proposal: Outline planning application with all Matters reserved except Access (apart from internal circulation) for the Proposed Development as shown on the Parameter Plan, Land Use Budget, Access Arrangements Plans and Mineral Extraction Plans, to be developed in a phased manner comprising: up to 2,650 new homes: sites for two primary schools and one secondary school, including associated sports facilities; two mixed use local centres, which could include land uses within the following Use Classes: C1 (hotels); C2 (residential institutions); C3 (dwellinghouses); E (any commercial, business or service uses within sub-classes a-g inclusive); F1 (specifically, sub class f: public worship) and F2 (specifically, sub-classes a: local shops) as well as the following sui generis uses: public houses or drinking establishments (formerly Use Class A4) and takeaways (formerly Use Class A5); up to three gypsy/traveller sites, collectively accommodating up to 15 pitches; a network of green infrastructure complementing that in the site’s environs and including extensive informal open space, as well as allotments/community orchards and play areas; vehicular access via the A414, B195 and Cole Green Lane, including the re-alignment of the B195; internal roads, Active Travel Links, and further informal routes; sustainable drainage and utilities infrastructure, including drainage basins, foul water pumping stations and electricity sub-stations; prior extraction of circa 162,000 tonnes of sands and gravels from that part of the site to the north of public footpath Hertingfordbury 023 and to the west of Birchall Wood; and the management and control of the historic landfill in the central part of the site, including measures to ensure the safety of site users.
At: Land Southeast Of: Welwyn Garden City To The North Of: The A414 And Straddling Birchall/Cole Green Lane Hertfordshire.

Viewing The Application: You can view a copy of the application made to: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and its accompanying plans, Environmental Statement and other documents submitted on the Council’s website at: https://planning.welhat.gov.uk, using the Reference: - 6/2022/1395/OUTLINE.

Submitting Comments: Anyone who wishes to make comments should seek to do so before 14 November 2026.

Comments can be made online at: https://planning.welhat.gov.uk, using the Reference: - 6/2022/1395/OUTLINE; or in writing to: Planning Department, Council Offices, The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6AE, quoting the Reference: - 6/2022/1395/OUTLINE.

Environmental Statement: Copies of the ES can be purchased from David Lock Associates, 50 North Thirteenth Street, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3BP. Contact telephone number 01908 666276 or email: mail@davidlock.com.

Data Protection: In accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 the information you supply the Council will be used to process the planning application and any subsequent appeal (should one be lodged) and retained as per our published corporate data protection privacy policy which may be found here: https://www.welhat.gov.uk/policies/privacy-notice. From time to time this information may be shared with other Council departments and / or outside partners to process your request as effectively as possible.

Note: The application site includes land in East Hertfordshire District and in Welwyn Hatfield Borough. The applicants have submitted separately a duplicate application to EAST HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL for their consideration to reflect the fact that the proposed development falls within both East Hertfordshire District and Welwyn Hatfield Borough. This notification concerns the application made to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council only. East Hertfordshire District Council will issue a separate notification of the application made to that Council. Those who wish to make representations concerning the application made to East Hertfordshire District should do so directly to East Hertfordshire District Council in accordance with that Council's notification.

Assistant Director (Planning)